Adobe Reader: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Adobe Reader is vulnerable to remote code execution via crafted PDF files. acroread 2009-07-12 2009-07-12 267846 273908 remote 8.1.6 8.1.6

Adobe Reader is a PDF reader released by Adobe.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Adobe Reader:

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted document, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Adobe Reader users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/acroread-8.1.6"
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